Patrick Gifford currently serves as Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Marquette University. In his role, he works with the men’s lacrosse and men’s and women’s track and field specifically with the sprinters, jumpers, throwers and multi’s. Gifford arrived at Marquette after spending the past few years in the private sector as owner of ECT Strength & Performance. During this time, he also worked with the men’s soccer program at Wisconsin Lutheran College and assisted at Franklin High School the Croatian Eagles Soccer Club with strength and speed work.
 

Prior to ECT, Gifford served as Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning at Florida International University where we directly oversaw baseball and softball while assisting with football. Gifford also spent four years at Hillsdale College as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach directly overseeing the training for the college’s 14 teams. Prior to Hillsdale Gifford had stops at Liberty University, the Miami Marlins, Mississippi State University and Michigan State University.
 

Gifford graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s in Kinesiology in 2009. Gifford and his wife, Katie, have three sons, Evan, Clayton and Tucker.